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Further Workplace Health and Safety bosses will be grilled at the inquest into the Dreamworld disaster today, after a leading inspector admitted he had "no confidence" in the emergency procedures in place on the Thunder River Rapids ride.

Taser victim 'did not steal biscuits'

The 21-year-old Brazilian student who died after being tasered by police in Sydney was not the man who stole a packet of biscuits from a Sydney convenience store, SBS reports.

Roberto Laudisio died after he allegedly resisted arrest, with witnesses reporting he was pursued by police after taking packet of biscuits from a CBD convenience store early on Sunday morning.

But SBS Radio says a store worker told its Portuguese program, on condition of anonymity, that it was a case of mistaken identity and that someone else stole the biscuits.

"The store's worker says it was not the same person who stole the biscuits and the one who died at Pitt Street," SBS Portuguese's contributor Marcos Moreira said.

"He confirmed that everyone in the store were keeping anonymous the employee who was working on Sunday for security reasons, to be protected in case the robber of the biscuits would come back to the store.

"This employee is being protected by police and by the owners of the store."